Two people hospitalized after being struck by vehicle on San Carlos Boulevard
Two contractors in a work zone on San Carlos Boulevard off island on Fort Myers Beach were struck by a vehicle near Siesta Drive at the bend between the Fort Myers Beach fire station and Pincher's this afternoon. Fort Myers Beach Fire Chief Scott Wirth said the two individuals were working in the road in a work zone when the vehicle hit them at approximately 1 p.m. The vehicle was traveling away from Fort Myers Beach toward Fort Myers when it struck two people. Both individuals and the vehicle ended up in mangroves off the road. "The car hit two people and threw them into the mangroves," Wirth said. "The car finished in the mangroves." The two individuals struck by the vehicle were ...